Episode
Sword Art Online: Instigation
Overview
Bercouli pursues Vecta, who’s abducted Alice. After a long, vicious battle, Bercouli unleashes his secret sword skill, Uragiri, and finally defeats Vecta, despite having sustained severe injuries himself.
Details
- Series
- Sword Art Online
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2020-07-26
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Instigation is Episode 15 in Sword Art Online Alicization: War of Underworld of Sword Art Online. It aired on 2020-07-26. The runtime is 23 min.
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